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The 2025 Rugby Championship is an international rugby competition contested by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The player rosters of the four competitors contain a variety of nationalities. There are differing numbers of homegrown players and Foreign-Born across the teams.   BACKGROUND TO WORLD RUGBY ELIGIBILITY LAWS In …

Evan Olmstead is back in Canada’s Senior Men’s Squad for the first time since the 2019 World Cup. The France-based lock is one of 59 names included on new Head Coach Steve Meehan’s extended list to prepare for the upcoming July internationals and Pacific Nations Cup – which will this …

The Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers involving North America are locked and loaded. World Rugby has combined North America with Oceania to have the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup (PNC) serve as qualifiers for Australia 2027.   PROCESS – NORTH AMERICAN RWC 2027 QUALIFIERS The 2025 PNC will feature Canada, the …

Chile claimed glory at the Men’s Sevens Challenger Series in Cape Town, South Africa. Los Cóndores 7’s defeated Canada 33-7 in the Final. The big win came from five consecutive tries after Canada had crossed for the opening score. Chilean test cap Luca Strabucchi started with two tries while Manuel …

September 2011 saw three victories by Americas teams at the Rugby World Cup in the space of four days. Canada, the USA and Argentina all registered wins, doing so across the extremes of New Zealand from the northern most to the southern most Rugby World Cup 2011 host venues.   …

The latest World Rugby Rankings are positive for the USA and Uruguay. Both countries have climbed up one spot. The USA’s win over Tonga means the Eagles have risen from 16th to 15th while, despite losing against Japan, Uruguay have gone from 19th to 18th in the World Rankings. Tonga’s …

The USA claimed their first win over Tonga in 25 years with a convincing 36-17 result at the neutral venue of Chambéry on Saturday. An improved attacking game yielded five tries, while the Eagles set piece got the better of their opposites en route to the historic result. Early on …

The second of three November tests for both the USA and Tonga will take place at the neutral venue of Chambéry, France, on Saturday. Though each took part in this year’s edition of the revived Pacific Nations Cup, it’s been five years since they two sides collided in test rugby. …

The Highlanders have plucked another star winger out of Major League Rugby. Taniela Filimone will join the Super Rugby Pacific franchise from the NOLA Gold, reuniting with coach Cory Brown at the Dunedin-based franchise. Utah’s Michael Manson will join the same team. Filimone was a revelation for the Gold in …

Romania have named 38 players in an extended training squad ahead of their upcoming test series against Tonga, Canada, and Uruguay. Head Coach David Gérard’s squad is almost entirely domestic-based with only two players included from French clubs. Nearly all have suited up for the Romanian Wolves recently in the …